LaGuardia Lags, BMW i3, Retirement and the Sexes: The Street

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Here are some of the stories making news in today's report from The Street, a leading financial news and information site:

LaGuardia Ranks Last in Amenities at Top 20 Airports

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's not just airspace that the New York airports lack, said a group seeking airport improvements. The airports all lack free Wi-Fi, while LaGuardia also lacks children's play areas, adequate mass transit options and cell phone wait lots.

In a report released Monday, the Global Gateway Alliance, formed by real estate investor Joseph Sitt, said Newark and LaGuardia rank at the bottom of the 20th busiest U.S. airports in providing the four passenger-friendly amenities. John F. Kennedy International, meanwhile, tied for sixth; it has play areas, mass transit to Manhattan and a cell phone wait lot,but it lacks free Wi-Fi.

San Francisco, Phoenix, Seattle, Minneapolis and Philadelphia airports have all four amenities. Atlanta, Chicago, JFK, Detroit and Boston each have three. LAX, DFW, Denver, Charlotte, Las Vegas and Houston each have two. Newark has one. LaGuardia has none.To read the story, click here: http://ow.ly/ns7Lp

BMW i3 Enters the Electric Scrum

NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- The all-electric, pint-sized BMW i3 launched today in New York, London and Beijing to great fanfare and is positioned within the German automaker's fleet as the mega-city vehicle of the future. Reminiscent of the Isetta "bubble car" spliced with the "Jetsons"-esque vehicle from Kubrick's A.I., the sub-compact Bimmer begs a fundamental question: can the cool factor actually drive sales?

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Key economic data point to a modest economic recovery, but many Americans aren't buying it.

According to a national telephone survey of 3,500 likely voters by Rasmussen Reports, only 26% say America is on the "right track."

Another recent poll, this one from Gallup, shows that 43% of Americans say the economy is getting better and 52% say it is getting worse.

Seeing Detroit, one of America's greatest cities, collapse into bankruptcy this month certainly won't help that perception.

Increased pessimism about the economy is also changing the way Americans deal with personal financial difficulties, and their retirement saving.

HSBC has the goods in a report, The Future of Retirement: A New Reality, with an interesting take on how U.S. adults handle financial hardship, including unique differences between the genders and a distinct undercurrent of dissatisfaction about the direction of the economy.